"Lie still," she answered with a smile. "It's harder to take readings if you're doing jumping jacks."

She did a quick scan of Alison overall with her hand unit. She nodded at the readings before placing the hand unit over Alison's midsection and letting it hover there. Beverly adjusted her grip so she could tap various buttons on the main unit with her thumb. It took about five minutes for the scan to get the data she wanted.

"Now, if you two will wait for a bit, I'll work on getting results."

The doctor smiled before she headed to her desk. She plopped down and touched the middle of the desktop. A small screen easily slid up and she began downloading the information from the tricorder. She was intent and quiet as she worked through sorting the data and getting a lock on the gender portion of the babies DNA.